Command & Conquer 3 Patch 1.09 Released

Battlecast Viewer, new website and map also coming.

Balance patches in the world of real-time strategy games are to be expected, but rarely do we see such continuously huge updates as Electronic Arts has been pumping out for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. The latest, patch 1.09, is released as of today, and with it some long-promised features are finally being implemented.

As expected, 1.09 brings the regular doses of unit balancing, map fixes, and general gameplay tweaking. A new four-player map, Wrecktropolis, is also included. The biggest change, though, are behind-the-code preparations for the launch of C&C3's BattleCast Viewer. This feature, basically a YouTube for Command & Conquer 3 game replays, has been talked about since before the game's release and is finally almost ready.

According to EA community manager Aaron Kaufman, the BattleCast Viewer along with the Battlecast website will launch tomorrow. Even people who don't have copies of C&C3 will be able to access and watch replays via the Viewer program. Of course other recent C&C3 website launches, such as Command & Conquer TV, have been a little rough, so it might be worth waiting a couple days to check out the BattleCast website.

For those patch-seekers in the audience, Command & Conquer 3 patch 1.09 can be downloaded straight from the Command & Conquer website.